Hi Richard and all,
One of the Shuttle Missions I covered at the Kennedy Space Center, took up
seeds that were eventually brought back down and given to school kids to
plant later on to study any anomalies.
I believe that meteorites (small) have been take up and brought back down
but not planted :-)
Also Richard Montgomery, If I've told dealers and collectors once, I've told
them a hundred times to not touch magnets to their meteorites as it
magnetizes them :-) Seriously though, studies on magnetic properties are
conducted and specimens that haven't been altered by magnets are needed to
check these weak magnetic fields.
--AL Mitterling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Kowalski" <[email protected]>
To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 9:28 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Moon Trees
Changing threads here.
Tracy,
I believe you are talking about the "Moon Trees". Trees that were grown
from seeds taken to the moon and brought back during the Apollo 14
mission.
There are a number of first generation trees around the United States.
We have one right outside the main entrance of the Lunar and Planetary Lab
here in Tucson (between the Kuiper Space Sciences building and the
Flandrau Planetarium) Ours is a Sycamore. I've collected some seeds from
it and will be trying to sprout a second generation Moon Tree from it.
The other species of Moon Trees are Loblolly Pine, Sweetgum, Redwood, and
Douglas Fir.
Since there has never been a mission that has returned from Mars, there
are no "Mars Trees". (Yet)
I have to say when I head into the office it is kinda neat to know the
seed that this tree grew from did make a trip to the moon and back.
More about Moon Trees and their locations can be found here:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html
--
Richard Kowalski
Catalina Sky Survey
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/
--- On Fri, 7/2/10, tracy latimer <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: tracy latimer <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites are very powerful stones!
> To: [email protected], [email protected]
> Date: Friday, July 2, 2010, 5:34 PM
>
> I remember a short story about trees grown from seeds which
> had been taken on expeditions to other planets. The
> original tree was from a seed taken to the Moon, and it had
> a calming effect on those nearby. The tree came down
> (I don't remember the circumstances) and was replaced by a
> seedling from a Mars expedition. Trouble is, the tree
> was near some type of world peace conference...
>
> Best!
> Tracy Latimer
______________________________________________
Visit the Archives at
http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
Meteorite-list mailing list
[email protected]
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
______________________________________________
Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
Meteorite-list mailing list
[email protected]
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
